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Although the legal age of consent throughout Australia is either 16 or 17 years of age, legislation in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory makes it an offence for a person in a supervisory role to sexually engage with a person under their special care who is aged 16 ...

10 Apr 2014 ... The law in Victoria sets clear age limits for when you can legally have sex. This is called age of consent. A person can be charged with a sexual offence if they perform a sexual act that breaks these age limits, even if the younger person agrees to it.

Although the legal age of consent throughout Australia is either 16 or 17 years of age, legislation in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory makes it an offence for a person in a supervisory role to sexually engage with a person under their special care who is aged 16 ...

Victorian Current Acts ... (1) A person who takes part in an act of sexualpenetration with a child under the age of 16 is guilty of an indictable offence. ... (4) Consent is not a defence to a charge under subsection (1) unless at the time of the ...